didn't ellery hanley from british rugby league play a season or was signed by the London team in NFL Europe in the early or mid 90s....not quite the NFL obviously plus i remember reading it was kind of a publicity stunt - yet he did sign as a RB i believe

in any case both rugby league and rugby union are vastly superior games to gridiron...plenty of AF players couldn't hack it.

I'd love to see some crossover between topflight rugby and the NFL. On a Madden board I post on, some rugby fans were speculating as to where some NFL stars would play. I'd think RBs, receivers, tight ends, linebackers, and DBs would make good rugby players (provided they knew the laws and tactics, of course).

NFL players will have to be taught that there aren't seperate offense, defensive and special teams. You have to do all 3 when you play rugby depending on what position you play but I'm sure it won't take them too long to learn.

The Miami Dolphins offered ROG a 4 year contract a few years back and I think Gonzalo Quesada played as a kicker in the NFL for a few years. [/b]

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Are you sure? I think it's an urban legend.

About 5 years ago, George Hook wrote in the Sunday Independent that since O'Gara was born in the USA, his talents would probably warrant a contract as QB with an NFL team such as the Dolphins had he remained there. O'Gara's agent caught wind of the comments and concocted a story that ROG was indeed contacted by an NFL franchise, in order to boost his contact with the IRFU.

I'd wager that this version is true. O'Gara is too short to play QB, too slow to play anywhere else on offense and too weak to play defense. His leg isn't strong or accurate enough to play punter or kicker either.